{"id":3886,"date":"2016-09-20T14:07:38","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T19:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/?p=3886"},"modified":"2017-02-17T13:06:58","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T18:06:58","slug":"use-android-device-like-true-techie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/use-android-device-like-true-techie\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Your Android Device Like a True Techie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Techies always have the best ways to hack the pieces of technology you thought you understood. Same goes for the Android. Even if you\u2019re on your phone day and night, there are still pro tips you could start using to make it work even better. Here are our favorite ways to use your Android like a techie.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/smartphone-safety-tips-tricks\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read More: Smartphone Safety Tips and Tricks<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Only Let Important People Call or Text You.<\/strong><br \/>\nHere\u2019s how to turn on \u201cPriority Mode.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>1. Click the up or down volume button.<br \/>\n2. When the screen pops up, click on \u201cPriority Mode.\u201d<br \/>\n3. You can set the length of time you want the mode on.<br \/>\n4. You can also click \u201cSettings\u201d to add contacts who you want to be able to contact you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unlock Your Phone When You\u2019re Not Worried About Someone Looking at it.<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen you\u2019re in a safe place, you don\u2019t need your phone to prompt you for your PIN or password. To do this, follow these steps.<\/p>\n<p>1. Navigate to \u201cSettings\u201d and then \u201cSecurity.\u201d<br \/>\n2. Find \u201cSmart Lock.\u201d<br \/>\n3. Click on Trusted Places and add your current location. The phone will then recognize when you\u2019re in that safe place and unlock your phone when you\u2019re there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zoom in on any screen.<\/strong><br \/>\nTo make sure you can zoom on every screen, follow these steps.<\/p>\n<p>1. Navigate to \u201cSettings\u201d and \u201cAccessibility.\u201d<br \/>\n2. Go to \u201cMagnification Gestures\u201d and switch to \u201cOn.\u201d<br \/>\n3. To magnify, you then triple tap on any page you want to. You can also adjust your zoom by using two-finger drag to zoom in and two-finger pinch to zoom out.<\/p>\n<p>Want a couple more pro moves to impress your friends? Download PSafe Total. Along with professional grade anti-virus and memory booster features, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.psafe.msuite\">DFNDR<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0also has features we bet your friends won\u2019t have. PSafe\u2019s Game Booster optimizes your downloaded game for peak play, and its Private Gallery \u2014 only accessible to you \u2014 lets you store photos you don\u2019t want to be visible in other photo galleries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Techies always have the coolest ways to use their technology. Whether or not you\u2019re a tech pro, you can steal their style with one of these tips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[30,2649,2646],"class_list":["post-3886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-performance","tag-android","tag-android-device","tag-techie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}